Playing the Blues!

[funkyjazz09]

I totally agree with this reply, hearing and making connections is the only way we really discover how to play something. Music is a form of communication that most people cannot comprehend because they cannot hear what is really going on. I am not saying that we all need to enroll in the nearest music theory course to understand the exact harmonies and voice leading, but rather that we listen to what really defines that form of music. I have known plenty of good musicians who could not read a lick of music, or even have a desire to learn the theory behind the chord progressions. They learned by ear and communicated what they learned by the role models they chose to listen to, our ears are the greatest tools we have as musicians. I am not only talking from an education stand point, but a performance stand point as well. There is not enough textbooks in the world to teach you what your ears can listen to, trust them and study the style closelymile:

funkyjazz09